Brewfile: a Gemfile, but for Homebrew

Brewfile: a Gemfile, but for Homebrew Gabe Berke-Williams January 20, 2014 osx Bundler users define dependencies for Ruby applications in a Gemfile and install those dependencies by running bundle install. Homebrew users can define dependencies for their OS X operating system with a Brewfile and install those dependencies by running brew bundle . Let's write a basic Brewfile : # Brewfile install openssl # a comment link --force openssl Note that Homebrew will treat lines that start with # as comments. Every other line will be passed to brew . So this: install openssl # a comment link -f openssl is run as these commands: brew install openssl brew link --force openssl Usage I can think of a few places where a Brewfile would be welcome: In dotfiles, either yours or your company's. For example, we use it in our excellent dotfiles repo . A setup script for your app (bundle inst...